Increased risk and increased reward in coronary intervention in older patients with acute coronary syndrome

Heart

Volumn 100, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 1483-1484

  Mazhari, Ramesh ^a   Kapur, Navin ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tufts Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA STENOSIS; BLEEDING; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84907033454     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306134     Document Type: Editorial

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